Celebration Dinner with Dixie

God . Dixie. Bf . Celebrating for my new job .

Celebration Breakfast with Dixie

I headed down to Coffee Bean for a celebration breakfast after signing the employment letter. I actually ordered the most expensive breakfast. Haha. No less for the winning mama!

Mum, Dad, I got the job!

"If the height of my jump indicates the level of happiness I am feeling, I guess I will hit the moon. "

FINALLY. After 6 months of ups and downs, I finally accepted a job offer. It was not my dream job that I was dying to have, but it did offer a fair amount of exposure within the realms of marketing. The managers seem just and looks like know their stuff, *fingers crossed* coz' they are ladies.

Having gone through for what seemed like forever, I have finally come to the end of the tunnel!
I have always imagined that I would enter into a "bouncy" mode when the day finally comes; but no, it wasn't like that. There was no "yeah", no "top of the world" feeling; in fact, I was like "You sure this is the right one for me?".

But the message sank in a little later, "Damn, I got a pretty good offer. I'm onto a new chapter. No more dragging my feet to work and bye to all you suckers at my current firm!" And suddenly, I swear it was really suddenly, there was this near-supernatural burst of adrenaline. BANG! The long lost grin was back! It was like the song, "I'm walking on sunshine wooohoooo,"
I bet I must have been grinning all along on my train ride while text messaging my friends on the uplifting news. It was a moment of triumph. The light has finally won the darkness.Perhaps it was the long grueling job search that made the moment all the more worth celebrating. Dixie is finally moving ahead!!!

P.S. To all out there, hang in there. I know you must have heard it from everyone else, but true enough, the triumph day will come. Keep sending those resumes.

We should never lose it.

I chanced upon the book "Marley & Me" in the library, and since I needed some "mindless reading", it was a good solution.

The story goes on about how an average family brought up a hyperactive eccentric dog that would create a "murder scene" in split seconds when left alone. It was a heart warming story and I ended up crying in a cafe, subtly, but long enough for others to notice.
Sucker. Its like my tear duct has this uncontrollable mind of its own.

Anyway, here's what I inspired me in the book that we should never let lose it.

"Marley taught me about living each day with unbridled exuberance & joy, about seizing the moment and following your heart. He taught me to appreciate the simple things--- a walk in the woods, a fresh snowfall, a nap in a shaft of winter sunlight. And as he grew older and achy, he taught me about optimism in the face of adversity. Mostly he taught me about friendship & selflessness and above all else, unwavering loyalty."

Sunset or Dawn? Fruitless or Fruitful?

Since this blog is about encouraging all the job hunters out there. I reckon some “self-help” books would help.

About 2.5 years ago, I had my first job hunt experience. And during one of my darkest job hunting moments back then, I happen to come across the self help book “What color is your parachute?” I made myself visit the library every morning to read at the study area, taking down notes whenever it inspires me.

Today, I’m on my second job hunt spree again and till today the “Flea Trainer” concept fr the book still lingers in my mind. Actually, that was the only thing from the book that lingers still.

Flea Trainer.

Fleas are known to be the best jumper in the world. They can jump 220 times their own body length and 150 times their own body height. They are longest and highest jumper among animals compared to body size.

If you place them in a bottle with a lid on, the fleas will jump and hit the lid. If you remove the lid within a day or two, the flea will jump & get itself out of the jar without any difficulty. But the interesting thing happens when you remove the lid a few weeks later, you will realized that the fleas were only able to jump to the lid level. This is “conditioning”. The fleas by now think that all attempts to jump higher than the lid level is fruitless, hence they start practicing to jump just high enough before reaching the lid.

So to all out there, get your act together. There is no point in being a flea. We must all be a flea trainer. Training the fleas to get out even after the “conditioning” effect, after all, the temporary lid can really be removed.

Rest & Recharge, fellas.

Special thanks to Tze Ming for the great photos. Super cool!